{"id":12662,"date":"2023-09-13T13:35:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=12662"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:35:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:35:29","slug":"matthews-shines-as-barbados-royals-triumph-in-massy-women-premier-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/matthews-shines-as-barbados-royals-triumph-in-massy-women-premier-league-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthews Shines as Barbados Royals Triumph in Massy Women Premier League Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Hayley Matthews, the captain of Barbados Royals, delivered a captain&#8217;s masterclass to guide her team to victory in a thrilling final of the Massy Women Premier League against the Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Amazon Warrior Women won the toss and chose to field, setting the stage for an intense showdown. Hayley Matthews, who had a relatively quiet tournament with the bat, rose to the occasion in the final. She played a sensational knock at the top of the order, scoring 82 runs off 59 balls. Her innings featured an impressive display of power hitting, with 10 fours and 2 sixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Matthews anchored the innings, Rashada Williams contributed with a vital 36 runs, providing valuable support. Gaby Lewis chipped in with 21 runs as the Royals posted a competitive total of 169 for 7 from their allotted 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The star bowler for the Guyana franchise was Shabnim Ismail, who finished with figures of 4 for 30, while Shreyanka Patil also picked up a wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the chase, Sophie Devine, the tournament&#8217;s leading scorer, made a promising start with 22 runs but couldn&#8217;t carry on. Susie Bates played a crucial role with her 36 runs. However, it was Shemaine Campbelle who played an exceptional unbeaten innings, scoring 47 runs with four fours and two sixes. Despite Campbelle&#8217;s heroic effort, Guyana fell short of the target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Natasha McLean made a late contribution with a cameo worth 28 runs from 17 balls. However, Barbados Royals&#8217; bowlers, led by Amanda-Jade Wellington with figures of 4 for 23 and skipper Hayley Matthews, who picked up two wickets, had the final say as they secured an 8-run victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hayley Matthews&#8217; outstanding all-round performance earned her the well-deserved Player of the Match award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hayley Matthews, the captain of Barbados Royals, delivered a captain&#8217;s masterclass to guide her team to victory in a thrilling final of the Massy Women Premier League against the Guyana&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12663,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662\/revisions\/12663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}